Sprint HTC Evo

[damndave]

I'm getting the evo once Sprint's online store gets more. Having a SERO plan pretty much limits where I can get it.

You need to upgrade to one of their everything plans. SERO would go bye bye with the EVO.

I currently only get 15% off corporate discount. We NEEd a Calguns corporate discount lol. I wonder if that is possible?

Almost all companies and schools have corporate discounts. Check yours. This below list is pretty old, but here is an idea of the discounts available.

20th Century Fox 15%
3M 18%
AAA 5%
ABC Supply Co. Inc. (?%)
Aetna 12%
Accenture 25%
Acuity Brands 12%
Allianz 12%
American Airlines? 25%
American Honda Motor Corp. 20%
American Medical Response discount of 23%
Army/USAA/Military/Air Force/... 12% (Or 5%?)
Arthur Andersen 20%
Autodesk 12%
Bank of America 23%
BASF Corporation 8%
BearingPoint 17%
Best Buy 20%
BNSF 18%
Bluecross Blueshield 20%
Boeing 25%
Capital One 12%
Centegra Health System 21%
Cerner Corporation 15%
Cendant Corporation 20%
Chase 25%
Chevrolet 12% (Or 25%?)
ChevronTexaco - 20%
Chevron Credit Card? 25%
CircuitCity 12 or 18%
Cisco Systems 11%
CitiGroup 27%
Citrus Valley Health Partners 25%
Cleveland Clinic 23%
Coca Cola 20%
Columbia/HCA 20%
Columbia University 18%
Commercial Metals Company 6%
Conoco 12%
Costco 10%
Cox Communications - 23% (or 25%?)
CVS 18%
Daimler Chrysler 23%
Dell 20%
Deloitte 24%
Discover Card 12%
Disney 18%
Dow Chemical 10%
Duke Univeristy and Medical Center 23%
Eastman Kodak 20%
Eckerd Drug 7%
Electronic Data Systems (EDS) 25%
Ernst and Young 23%
FCI USA, Inc. 17%
Federated Dept. Stores (Macy*s, Bloomingdales, etc) 12%
FedEx 23%
Ferguson Enterprises 15%
Fiserv 13%
Florida School District Employee
Ford Auth Dealer 23%
Ford Motor Company 23%
Fox 15%
Freescale Semiconductor 25% (grandfathered from Motorola discount)
Freight Liner Corporation 12%
General Electric (GE) 20%
General Mills 15%
General Motors 18%
GMAC 18%
Grant Thornton LLP 10%
Hewlett Packard 20%
Hilton Hotels 15%
Hitachi America 16%
Hollywood Video 12%
Hospitals (also see VA below)? 25%
H&R Block 15%
HSBC Bank 18% (includes HFC and Beneficial)
IBM 25%
Illinois State University - 15%
Intel - 15%
ING Direct customers 16% *DEAD* http://ingdirect.com/sprint/
Iron Mountain 5%
JC Penney 20%
Johns Hopkins University 15%
JP Morgan 27%
Kaiser Permanente 10%
K-Mart 15%
Kelly IT 18%
KPMG 12%
L3 Communications 15%
Lane Bryant 8%
Law Enforcement 25%
Lear Corporation 15%
Lockheed Martin 8% or 10% ?
Loma Linda University Medical Center 23%
Lowe's 9%
Lucent Technologies 23%
MassMutual Financial Group 5%
Maxim Healthcare Services 20%
Mayo Clinic 25%
MCI 20%
Merrill Lynch 20%
Metro 1 15%
Met Life 18%
Microsoft 20%
Morgan Stanley 12%
Motorola 25%
National Assoc. of Realtors 5% + $150 Service Credit
Navy Exchange Service Command 15%
Newell Rubbermaid 8% <- sucks just like our company
News Corporation 15%
Northrop Grumman 18%
Northwest Airlines 25%
Northwestern Mutual 13%
OfficeMax 13%
Oracle 10%
Orange County (Florida) Public Schools 15%
Papa Johns 13%
Pennsylvania State University 14%
PepsiCo 23%
Providence Health Systems - 18%
Prudential Insurance - 9%
Raymond James Financial 11%
Raytheon 23%
Reed Business Information 18%
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 10-15%
Safeway 12%
San Francisco Fire Dept 21%
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) 20%
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 12%
Sears 25%
Sherwin Williams 18%
South Central Kansas Regional Medical Center 21%
Southwest Airlines 15%
St. Joseph's Hospital - Pkg. WV 25%
State Farm Insurance 25%
State of Illinois Employees 21%
State of California Employees 15%
State of Texas Employees 15%
Sun Microsystems 20%
SunTrust 18%
Sysco (and subsidiaries, including Sygma) - 20%
Target 15%
Texas Instruments 10%
The Hartford Insurance Group %15
Time Warner 25%
Tricon Global(Yum Foods) 11%
United Airlines 25%
University health associates-WV-21%
United Parcel Service (UPS) 25%
University of Akron 10%
University of California Berkeley 15%
University of California Davis 13%
University of Chicago 21%
University of Missouri 13%
University of Nebraska (?)
University of Texas at Austin 15%
University of Wisconsin Madison 14%
USAA customers 5%
U.S. Congress 15%
US Foodservice employees get 24%
US Postal Service 25%
VA Medical Center 25%
Vanderbilt University 20%
Veracity Group 5%
Verizon 0% As of 01/13/2006
Wachovia/First Union 23%
Wake County (NC) Public Schools 15%
Wal-Mart 7%
Walgreens 8%
Wells Fargo 24%
Wyndham International 15%
Xerox 15%

[bboyin4food]

They just rolled out 2.2 froyo, love it so far

[sfwdiy]

OK, all I had to do to get the phone/PC connection back up was unplug the phones' battery--duh. Anyway, does anybody have any ideas on how to get the preloaded crap apps off my phone?

You need to root the phone in order to delete all the pre-packaged crapware that HTC put on it. Once you do that you can download the Android developer's tools from Google and use the adb shell to delete all that crap. I went through the same deal with my Droid Incredible.

And I would like to load videos from my PC to my phone. What format and size works best?

Looks like it'll play MPEG-4 without any problem. I think it supports h.264 also. If you're talking about ripping a DVD or something, I'm sure a file size around 500 MB would be more than adequate, unless you're trying to use the TV output to watch it on an HD display.

And can I have my own folders of pics, organized by subject, in the EVO or am I stuck with the existing hierarchy?

You're stuck. The "Photos" app won't recognize folders that I know of.

--B

[jtv3062]

They just rolled out 2.2 froyo, love it so far

Thanks for the heads up I read your post this morning and downloaded froyo
I'll start playing with the EVO tonight. Looks good so far.

[MILLITIAof1]

Postin in 4g from grand rapids MI, man its fast!

[Baconator]

Switched from a Blackberry Tour to the EVO. I like it more than my iPhone.

[trapshot68]

Just got my Evo on Thursday and have been messing around with it.

Totally awesome, except for the battery.............

[MILLITIAof1]

Just got my Evo on Thursday and have been messing around with it.

Totally awesome, except for the battery.............

chyea, the battery is HORRIBLE!

[JDay]

You need to root the phone in order to delete all the pre-packaged crapware that HTC put on it. Once you do that you can download the Android developer's tools from Google and use the adb shell to delete all that crap. I went through the same deal with my Droid Incredible.

All you need is Titanium Backup and a rooted ROM to delete the preinstalled crap.

You're stuck. The "Photos" app won't recognize folders that I know of.

On my Android phone the gallery detects all photos I put on the sd card. Use the Picasa app to upload them to your Picasa gallery and they will be sorted.

[trapshot68]

http://www.goodandevo.net/2010/05/20-tips-to-improve-htc-evo-4g-battery-life.html

Good little tweak tips for the battery life.

Still debating on rooting to get rid of some stuff. But really, really digging the phone.

[Bobotheclown]

Re: Sprint HTC Evo

Wife and I had to sacrifice our two Sero accounts, but well worth. Paying 140-150/month for both phones and insurance.

FYI: Evidence worked on our Sero plans before we converted. Bestbuy activated the phones without issue. Only reason we converted was because wife really needed navigation and wanted anymobile minutes.

Sent from my Evo using Tapatalk

[BALDANDTOPLESS]

I use the seidio extended battery and I get 30hours on a single charge, yes 30 hours. That's with heavy usage.... full brightness, Bluetooth, 4g, WiFi, gps, all on at the same time. I was concerned about the extra thickness but its not bothersome at all. Actually feels better in the hand now. Forget the app killers and such... use the phone as it was meant to be with an upgraded battery. Bought mine on Amazon... worth every penny.

[UBFRAGD]

Finally found an app I must have--THEODOLITE--but does not seem available for droid, dang!!

[69Mach1]

I'm now on the waiting list at my local Sprint store. What I don't understand is why the EVO won't go horizontal for internet, but it will for watching movies. Can that be upgraded or fixed?

[UBFRAGD]

I'm now on the waiting list at my local Sprint store. What I don't understand is why the EVO won't go horizontal for internet, but it will for watching movies. Can that be upgraded or fixed?

It does go horizontal for surfing the net. It does not go horizontal on the contacts list.